Look at a girl as the most powerful source of change for the world

The Girl Effect is a movement driven by girl champions around the globe. The Nike Foundation created the Girl Effect with critical financial and intellectual contributions by the NoVo Foundation and Nike Inc. and in collaboration with key partners such as the United Nations Foundation and the Coalition for Adolescent Girls.


The main message they are trying to convey is that people such as you and I can have a role in reducing huge world problems like hunger, HIV/AIDS, poverty, illiteracy and war just by supporting adolescent girls. Did you know that? Check out the video below if your are interested. It is so well done. It is simple, easy to comprehend, and informative.

(If the video is too small for you, do click on this link, it is way clearer! http://www.girleffect.org/question)

So what they are basically trying to tell us is:

1. Most of these young girls from developing countries are illiterate and poor.
2. They are married off at a very young age(from the video the average age seems to be 14)
3. They end up getting pregnant early (average age of 15) and IF they survive childbirth, are left to fend for themselves and their families.
4. As a result of their poor backgrounds, lack of education, many turn to selling their bodies for money.
5. They render themselves vulnerable to diseases such as HIV.

Now we all know that when a person is diagnosed with a disease (be it heart, cancer, HIV or hey even when infected by the common cold ), its not just one person who is affected. One way or another, many others around that person also somehow end up affected.

Hence, the main message from this movement is to get up, get talking/ sharing by spreading the word or get active by donating to the cause. We can be involved in

1. Helping these girls receive an education.
2. Ensuring they can avoid contracting diseases such as HIV.
3.  Enabling them to opening their minds and seeing reason to delaying marriage and having a family LATER on in life, perhaps when they are more READY for it.(Come on, 14 is a little too young, don't you think?)
4. Reiterating the importance of being healthy in order to raise a healthy family.

Be involved by:

Learning more from the website: http://www.girleffect.org/

By:

Spreading the word, check out their event guide here: http://www.girleffect.org/mobilize/share-it#ShareWebsite

Or share their videos: http://www.girleffect.org/learn/the-big-picture

Or by:

Donating: http://www.globalgiving.org/girleffect/

The clock is ticking rainbows.........toooodlesss